John J. Medina is a developmental molecular biologist and author of best-selling book series named “Brain Rule”. Besides that John is also an affiliated professor at Washington University in Bioengineering. He also wrote a column in psychiatric times which is one of the famous and biggest psychiatric journals. In this article, we are sharing the top John Medina quotes on the brain.
Top John Medina Quotes On Brain
“The brain remembers the emotional component of an experience better than any other aspect. -John Medina
“Empathy works so well because it does not require a solution. It requires only understanding.” -John Medina
“If you wanted to create an education environment that was directly opposed to what the brain was good at doing, you probably would design something like a classroom. If you wanted to create a business environment that was directly opposed to what the brain was good at doing, you probably would design something like a cubicle. And if you wanted to change things, you might have to tear down both and start over.” -John Medina
“What you do and learn in life physically changes what your brain looks like—it literally rewires it.” -John Medina
“The more senses recruited at the moment of learning, the more likely you are to recall it later.” -John Medina
“You’ve got seconds to grab your audience’s attention and only minutes to keep it.” -John Medina
“Change often involves loss, so change can be a risky experience.” -John Medina
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“To improve short-term memory significantly, reduce the stress in your life. And choose your parents wisely.” -John Medina
“The brain processes meaning before detail. Providing the gist, the core concept, first was like giving a thirsty person a tall glass of water. And the brain likes hierarchy. Starting with general concepts naturally leads to explaining information in a hierarchical fashion. You have to do the general idea first. And then you will see that 40 percent improvement in understanding.” -John Medina
“Based on research into the Picture Superiority Effect, when we read the text alone, we are likely to remember only 10 percent of the information 3 days later. If that information is presented to us as text combined with a relevant image, we are likely to remember 65 percent of the information 3 days later.” -John Medina
“Public speaking professionals say that you win or lose the battle to hold your audience in the first 30 seconds of a given presentation.” -John Medina
“To put it bluntly, research shows that we can’t multitask. We are biologically incapable of processing attention-rich inputs simultaneously.” -John Medina
“The brain doesn’t pay attention to boring things,” -John Medina
“Having a first child is like swallowing an intoxicating drink made of equal parts joy and terror, chased with a bucketful of transitions nobody ever tells you about.” -John Medina
“Studies show that a person who is interrupted takes 50 percent longer to accomplish a task. Not only that, he or she makes up to 50 percent more errors.” -John Medina
“We must do a better job of encouraging lifelong curiosity.” -John Medina
“If you wanted to create an education environment that was directly opposed to what the brain was good at doing, you probably would design something like a classroom. If you wanted to create a business environment that was directly opposed to what the brain was good at doing, you probably would design something like a cubicle. And if you wanted to change things, you might have to tear down both and start over.” -John Medina
“Kids come into the world before their brains are fully developed. The result? Parenthood.” -John Medina
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“Write this across your heart before your child comes into the world: Parenting is not a race. Kids are not proxies for adult success. Competition can be inspiring, but brands of it can wire your child’s brain in a toxic way. Comparing your kids with your friends’ kids will not get them, or you, where you want to go.” -John Medina
“Emotionally charged events are better remembered – for longer, and with more accuracy – than neutral events.”
“Stress hormones can do some truly nasty things to your brain if boatloads of the stuff are given free access to your central nervous system.” -John Medina
“There are two ways to beat the cruelty of a harsh environment: You can become stronger or you can become smarter.” -John Medina
“Repeat to remember.” -John Medina
“The Mozart Effect comes to mind: the popular idea that listening to classical music makes students better at math.” -John Medina
“The most common communication mistakes? Relating too much information, with not enough time devoted to connecting the dots.” -John Medina
“WE DO NOT SEE with our eyes. We see with our brains.” -John Medina
“The more you exercise, the more tissues you can feed and the more toxic waste you can remove.” -John Medina Click To Tweet
“But what you do in your child’s first five years of life – not just the first year – profoundly influences how he or she will behave as an adult.” -John Medina
“You may think that grown-ups create children. The reality is that children create grown-ups. They become their own person, and so do you. Children give so much more than they take.” -John Medina
“Many couples will fight in front of their children but reconcile in private. This skews a child’s perceptions, even at early ages, for the child always sees the wounding but never the bandaging. Parents who practice bandaging each other after a fight, deliberately and explicitly, allow their children to model both how to fight fair and how to make up.”
So, these were the john medina quotes on the brain. Now I want to listen from you, which quote did you like the most?
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